Discussion Forum 5: How to Prevent Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Card Schemes

On August 31st, Manhattan’s District Attorney, Cyrus Vance, Jr., announced that charges were being filed against fifteen individuals who were allegedly a part of a fake COVID-19 vaccination scheme. Jasmine Clifford, the 31-year-old woman who orchestrated the scheme, charged $200 or more per card depending on whether the buyers wanted her co-conspirator, Nadayza Barkley, to enter the fraudulent information into the states immunization database. The scheme was uncovered when a police investigator became aware of it and proceeded to order a fake COVID-19 vaccination card from Clifford. Clifford and her co-conspirator are facing multiple charges, while most of the remaining individuals are facing charges related to the purchase of the fake COVID-19 cards.

According to U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the federal government should implement an education campaign to make the American people aware of the consequences of buying a fake COVID-19 vaccination card. Do you believe that an education campaign would be effective at reducing the use of counterfeit vaccination cards?

Sources:

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/570238-manhattan-da-charges-15-in-fake-covid-19-vaccination-card-conspiracy

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paigeskinner/antivaxmomma-fake-covid-vaccine-cards

https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-c14ce28edda2593b0b3819acec97089e

Please leave at least three comments. One is your original contribution. And two comments are you replies to your classmates. Deadline: 10/03/21, 11:59 pm. 

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